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Forget That Vacation in Hawaii — Why Not Book a Trip to Space? [VIDEO]
If you’ve ever dreamed of going to outer space, your wish may soon come true — and you won’t have to join NASA to make it happen.
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New Planet Kepler 22b May Prove We’re Not Alone in the Universe [VIDEO]
Monday marks the day when astronomers made a startling announcement: after years of searching, they’ve discovered an Earth-like planet outside the solar system that may very well be habitable.
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Japanese Astronaut Plays Baseball By Himself In Space
During long periods of isolation in outer space, boredom is no doubt a major problem. So how did one Japanese astronaut decide to pass the time? By playing a baseball game all by himself, of course.
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Asteriod’s Close Call With Earth!
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NASA Corn Maze Patterns Are Out of This World [PHOTOS]
When you hear about crop circles, the first thing that immediately pops to mind is strange, unexplainable alien patterns encoded in farmland. So what better way to celebrate NASA’s rich history of space exploration than with some amazing corn maze crop circles?
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What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]
The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.
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NASA Moon Probes To Play Chase Over Lunar Surface
September 8, 2011 NASA is sending a set of robotic twins to the moon to measure lunar gravity while chasing one another around in circles.
Thursday and Friday's scheduled launches were delayed by high winds at Cape Canaveral, so NASA will try again on Saturday morning. Their launch window extends into mid-October.
The near-identical twins called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B, (short for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), will create the most precise lunar gravity map ever, helping scientists figure out what's beneath the lunar surface and pinpoint the best landing sites for future explorers.
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Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds
In the most stunning piece of planetary news since Pluto’s sad demotion, astronomers have found a star-orbiting land mass that is so dense it's carbon is crystalline — which means it’s basically a planet made out of diamonds.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands to End the 30 Year NASA Program
July 21, 2011 Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday, ending the 30-year NASA program.
The shuttle fleet has kept U.S. astronauts flying to a from orbit longer than any other rocketship.
During their 13-day mission Atlantis delivered a year's worth of supplies to the International Space Station. The payload included 2,677 pounds of food and 9,400 pounds of spare parts. On the return trip, Atlantis carried nearly 5,700 pounds of unneeded material from the station back to Earth. (That's what I call taking out the trash)
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Grateful Memories of Apollo 11 Moon Landing on July 20, 1969
July 20, 2011 Where were you on the evening of July 20, 1969?
If you were around that night, chances are you were watching Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon.
Last night I was eating a roast beef sandwich and to me, Arby's and Apollo 11 always go together. The Summer of 1969 we were taking a family vacation to Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado. We were driving back home through Denver and stopped for dinner. Inside the restaurant they had a small TV everyone was watching, showing coverage of the historic moon landing.
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Father and Son Take Photos at First and Last Shuttle Launches
July 14, 2011